The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-01-15
SAVED BY LADY ANNE.

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Elsie's Brother Bert and the Danger lie
Got His Sister Into-How Dog Rover Also
Became Useful.
Elsie had no mother, only n teasing
brother Bert. three years her senior,
and a father, who went here and there
about his fields. and took little heed
of his small ~six-ycar-old daughter.
One other friend she had, a friend who.
with her mute, untold sympathy, had
stolen into a warm orner of the small
maiden's heart. and that was the Lady
Annc-a most beautiful. almost life
size, imitation of Il fine lady, made up
OF dainty a and furbelows, and sent
to her direct from London by Elsie's
cousin Mabel. Oh! how she loved it,
but Bert senffnd ut it, or rather her. for
this grand, titled lady was a living,
feeling thing to her wee ''mamma.'
And how many times Patty, their one
servant. had to rescue her from all sorts
of perilous situations, all the work of
Master Bert.
On the morning when that began
which forms Il story, along came the
tricksy lad. the Lady Anne in his arms,
as Elsie stood with Patty, feeding the
fowls.
1.-The Lady Anne is going for a sail,
Elsie" said he. jauntily, and hug-ing
the dainty thing to him with IL boys
cllmsiness.
ooh, she's not!'' cried Elsie, with
warmth; ''you know the water never
agrees with he~r-she'll be sea-sick."
"River-sick, you mean, old lady. but
what of that? She'll have to get ovcr
that Cockney weakness. So here goes"
and the prankish boy passed on, laugh
ing the while over his shoulder.
But Elsie was too quick for him; she
made a dart. and rescued her darling,
pressing her to her motherly little heart
with half amused defiance.
''Phew! I'd not be a girl, or her doll
either. for ever so much" said he, with
boyish scorn.
You'll never be any thing half so
GOOD cried Elsie, laughing in her
sleeve over her recovered treasure.
you're right there, Miss Elsie"
agreed Patty. ''Boys as leases little
girls are never of much account"
Uncle Bert is q monster, LOWE. is he
not? And you are tired, aren't YOU,
after such a fright"
SO the small girl crooncd over tho
Lady Anne, trotting away with her to
the house; and Bert heard her words,
Nay, he stole after her with cat-like
footsteps, and saw where she laid her
to sleep, as she termed it, saw her
touch the magic string which closed the
ready eyes; aye, he saw it all-eycn-
the tender kiss she pressed on the Inns
OF the sleeping beauty-and chuckled a
chuckle as he crcpt away. Here
and there went Elsie, while her mrs
ing slept, and anon it was afternoon.
and she CHANGED to be on the outskirts
Il wood at the back of her fathers
house. full OF pitfalls and dangers to
unwary feet. so it was said. From here
emerged Master Bert, with u very COM
ical face.
i've taken the Lady Anne for change
Of ar dear madam" was his greeting
to his small sister.
"WhatP Where? Whop" asked she
all startled and rufled, like some ten.
der, timid mother dove.
"Well done! three jerky questions in
three Words laughed Bert. ,
"Well, tell me, you know what
cried Elsie. ,
"Well, then, to question number one. I
We transported your Cockney friend. I
secondly into the heart of the forest |
where, you'll find out; t~hirdly-but
mere Is no need to go into the thirdly"
This was all the information he wonla ,
s've' and walked on with the air Of n Z
Judge.
Transported! the Lady Anne trans. ,
,orted' when her small "mammo, .
thought her snug and warm in her ~, u
Up stairs. All! who can understand tho 9
lears OF a little childP With n bitter. =
Elsie dartod away, into the tancle. j
gloom, the mystery Of the woul' n
Ii'nld and startled as the woo h.uos ="
'A'e" sl""hS "c'os her path, the child {